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By featuring articles written by experts in many different genres, this online magazine provides people all over the world with information on modern Japan.

February 2010

Prescriptions for a Warming Globe

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Japan can help the world stave off global warming by leading a low-carbon revolution with its "green" technologies and initiatives.

An Eco-Friendly Brewery

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Japanese companies, like Kirin Brewery, are accelerating their work to reduce greenhouse gases emitted in their corporate activities.

Corporate Solutions to Global Environmental Issues

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Japanese companies have been receiving worldwide attention for their efforts to develop various environmental technologies and products.

Kitakyushu City: Spearheading a Low-Carbon Revolution

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The city of Kitakyushu has established a vision to serve as the launch pad for a low-carbon revolution in Asia.

Rewarding Green Consumers

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Hidetoshi Nakagami
Energy saving by Japanese households will be essential if Japan is to further reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.

Growing Green Shoots

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A recent government program targeting civil society seeks to link the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to the creation of new industries and revitalization of local economies.

BRINGING NATURAL ENERGY TO OKINAWA

Hideaki Miyata

Enlisting the Market to Fight Climate Change

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Prime Minister Hatoyama has committed Japan to a domestic emissions trading scheme that could contribute to keeping down emissions.

A Roadmap for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Shuzo Nishioka
In addition to efforts to reduce its own emissions, Japan has pledged assistance to developing countries to help them adopt their own reduction measures.

"THE WORLD NEEDS JAPAN'S TECHNOLOGY"

Franz-Michael S. Mellbin

OPINION SURVEY
2009 Foreign Relations Poll

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The Cabinet Office runs regular surveys of public opinion, including a poll on Japan's foreign relations and diplomacy.

NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD
Reducing Nuclear Danger

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Toshio Sano
Japan is helping promote nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation as momentum builds toward the realization of a "world without nuclear weapons."

ENVIRONMENT
Making Plastic from Carbon Dioxide

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Kohei Nitta
A technology is being developed to create plastic from carbon dioxide, which could not only enrich our lives but help fight global warming.

INGREDIENTS OF JAPAN
Everyone's Cup of Tea

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Tony McNicol
Change is brewing in the green tea world.

MONOZUKURI & SMEs
Earth-Friendly Innovations

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Many Japanese SMEs have achieved significant growth by developing products that reduce the burden on the environment.

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